But there are good fingerings for hand-stopping on the B flat horn. Morley-Pegge's book has a handy chart for this purpose.
Tom Reicher -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jonathan West Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 1:43 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Non-Transposing stop mute On 12 May 2010 21:35, Richard V. West <[email protected]> wrote: > What's the big deal about a non-transposing stop mute? Just transpose, > already! It's good for the brain, your self confidence, and self esteem. > Besides, what about all those times some unenlightened composer (and you > know who they are) writes a stop note in the middle of a sequence of > open notes? You use the hand....and as far as I know, nobody is > marketing a non-transposing hand. > > I've a lot of sympathy with this attitude, and in fact it is the approach I take myself. I don't in fact own a stopping mute, non-transposing or otherwise, and have never felt the need to go out and buy one. But there are cases when one is needed, for instance if you are using a single Bb horn and the hand doesn't stop a convenient semitone. Regards Jonathan _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/treicher%40cooley.com This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. If you are the intended recipient, please be advised that the content of this message is subject to access, review and disclosure by the sender's Email System Administrator. IRS Circular 230 disclosure: To ensure compliance with requirements imposed by the IRS, we inform you that any U.S. federal tax advice contained in this communication (including any attachment) is not intended or written by us to be used, and cannot be used, (i) by any taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding tax penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) for promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any transaction or matter addressed herein. _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
